The new network can shutdown processes in response to an emergency signal from light curtains, safety gates, e-stops, and other devices. What's more, network diagnostics can detect, identify, and isolate disconnected cables and faulty stations. Line trouble and module errors can be identified from any office or production-floor location with access to the network. Additional network features include inherent determinism without Ethernet switches, flexible topology (star, line, mixed star and line, and ring), seamless communication of data from field devices to controllers and from controllers to other controllers, and built-in network diagnostics. To learn more about CC-Link, visit cclinkamerica.org. For more on safety, turn to the Design by Objective department on page 32.